Italy, Italian States and Colonies ITALIAN COLONIES & P.O.s ABROAD
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 620
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ERITREA, SOMALIA, TRIPOLITANIA, CYRENAICA, ITALIAN STATES, ETC: Carton housing two albums plus qty. of Hagner sheets & album pages with the mint and used, remaindered collections. Strength in Eritrea & Tripolitania with many complete sets and part sets, incl. multiples of the 1934 International Colonial Exhibition Postage & Air sets. Many useful small sets incl. National Defence, Volta, Holy Year, etc. Lot includes an album with a collection of used Italian States issues. (Many 100s)Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES (Image)
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Lot No: 621
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ITALIAN PO IN CHINA: Range on mounted & annotated leaves inc. Peking 1917 2c on 5c used (SG £150), 1917 1c - 10L complete set mint, 1918/19 ½c - 40c complete mint, 1918 8c on 20c - 16c on 40c mint, Tientsin Dec. 1917 1c - 10L complete set mint, 1918 12c on 30c Express, 8c on 20c - 16c on 40c p.dues mint and a few others. Mostly fine. SG c£2675 (70) Cross Reference: CHINA (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 622
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CYRENAICA & SOMALIA: Binder with the mostly mint collection of complete & part sets. Cyrenaica includes 1923 'Propaganda Fide' set of 4, 1923 Fascist set of 6, 1925 Holy Year set, 1926 St. Francis vals. to 5l, 1927 Nat. Defence, 1930 Virgil set, St Antony to 5l, 1932 Air set of 6, 1933 Zeppelin set of 6, 1933 Balbo pair, etc., plus many shorter sets of the period. A small range of 'Jubaland' issues and a small group of Somalia issues incl. Montecassino set to 10l, 1925 Holy Year set and Colonial Exhibition sets, etc. (c.240) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 623
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CYRENCIA & TRIPLOLITANIA: Range on mounted & annotated leaves with Cyrencia inc. 1926 1l25c Perf 13½ mint (SG £250), 1920 Nat. Defence set mint (SG £140), 1934 Flight set mint (SG £110), Tripolitania inc. 1929 Trade Fair complete set (SG £130), 1930 Nat. Defence set mint (SG £140), 1931 Trade Fair & Express set mint (SG £100), 1934 Rome-Mogadiscio Flight complete set used (SG £350) and many others. Sound basis toward full completion. SG c£2800 (few hundred) Cross Reference: ITALIAN COLONIES & P.O.s ABROAD (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 624
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RANGE ON LEAVES inc. Italian PO in Turkish Empire 1874 1c - 2L mixed mint & used set complete (2l mint), 1878 10c & 20c used, 1881/83 5c -2l mixed mint & used set (50c used), Italian Colonies (General Issues) 1932/34 all sets & issues fully complete mint plus a small qty of Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, Italian East Africa etc. SG c£1800 (few hundred) (Image)
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Lot No: 625
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ITALIAN COLONIAL ISSUES: range on mounted & annotated leaves inc. 1901 1pi on 25c used (SG £170), 1909 1c - 5L mixed mint & used set complete , 1915 12l & 15l Parcel Posts mint pairs (SG £280), 1915 p.dues complete set mint (SG 250), 1921 1c - 10l (no 1l) mixed mint & used set, 1924 1c - 5l (no 55c or 10l, otherwise complete) mixed mint & used set, 1927 2l50c on 2l Express used (SG £550) few tone spots, 1927 50c Orange Parcel Post stamp mint pair (SG £120), 1929 10c Perf 11 mint (SG £120), 1934 p.dues complete set (no 25c) mint or used (SG £200) and near complete to 1941. Solid basis toward completion. SG c£3000 (few hundred) Cross Reference: ITALIAN COLONIES & P.O.s ABROAD (Image)
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ITALIAN STATES
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 598
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Cat No: Collection
PAPAL STATES REPRINTS & ITALIAN STATES MAIL: Group of Cohn reprints in complete sheets of 60 with selvedge intact being ½d imperf, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c & 40c each perf. & imperf and 80c imperf with perf. sheet separated into blocks plus a small range of covers & pieces inc. Lombardy & Venetia 1863 3s Green (faults) used on piece SG 28, Papal States fine 8b White used on piece SG 26; 1854 E franked 4b Buff; Sardinia 10c Pale Brown & 40c Red (shade) on piece both tied 1863 cds's; 1861 EL franked 40c (pair, left hand unit clipped top left corner) tied Milan cds [nice usage of Sardinia adhesives used in Lombardy following annexation in 1859]; Sicily fine 2g pair (stated to be plate 3 pos 39/40) & 20g (cut into at top) used on piece SG 3 & 6; Tuscany 1832 EL Siena to Florence, etc. (12 sheets, 6 blocks, 5 covers & 5 pieces) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 599
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TUSCANY - 1851 2c BLACK TRIALS ON COLOURED PAPER/CARD - on lilac (tiny thin), green and blue papers plus on red-surfaced thin card. (4) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 600
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MOSTLY TUSCANY 1851-60 GROUP INC. RARE VALUES - 1851 2c blue (3), 4c green (2), 6c blue (3) and 9c purple (2); 1857 1c carmine (mostly large margins, badly torn), 2c blue (3), 4c green (2) and 6c blue (2); 1860 1c purple (3), 5c green (4, inc. one printed on both sides), 10c brown (4), 20c blue (3) and 40c rose (3), 1q black/azure small faults, SG1 £1700; 1s lemon/azure three good margins, SG3 £2000; 1857 1q black (2, with four margins or two margins) SG24 £1900; and 1860 80c pale red-brown, just touched on two sides, SG50 £1400. 1857 1s yellow-buff with two margins (signed Richter, SG25 £5500). Plus Italy 1862 mint 20c blue (2), 40c rose and 80c yellow (6, SG 2-4 c£800); 1862 2c yellow newspaper (2 used, 4 mint); 1863 10c yellow postage due (3 used); and 1863 15c blue mint & used. SG £2000+ and a group of forgeries/reprints. Enormous SG. (94 items) Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)
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ITALY
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 601
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THREE STOCK BOOKS with the early to modern, mainly used accumulation with some duplication of earlier values, but many useful single noted throughout incl. 1928 Filiberto high values to 20L mint, various 1920s/30s part sets incl. top values, good range of 1940s/50s sets incl. many of the highly catalogued top values used incl. 1948 St. Catherine set (£110), 1949 Rome Centenary 100L (£160), 1949 Volta pair (£58), 1950 Radio Conf. 55L (£190), 1951 Tuscan Stamp 55L (2) (£120), etc. One s/book contains a collection of Fiume. (Very many 100s) Cross Reference: FIUME (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 602
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TWO STOCK BOOKS, one with the exclusively mint accumulation of early issues, with duplication of many better issues. Mostly singles and part sets up to 1930s. The other s/book houses a somewhat duplicated accumulation of used issues from the same period with values mostly up to 1l.25. Inspection recommended. (Many 100s) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 603
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SCHAUBEK ALBUM with the mint & used collection to 1960. Includes useful ranges of Italian States and some part sets of Italian Colonies/Aegean Islands, Trieste, Fiume, etc. Many better 1920s/30s sets, though often mixed mint & used. We note a 'used' pair of 1933 Balbo Transatlantic Flight Air tryptichs SG 378/379 but with faked cancellations. Huge catalogue value. (Many 100s) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 605
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ALBUM with the early to modern, mint & used collection. Far from complete but many highly catalogued singles and part sets present, noting 1922 Mazzini trio mint, 1928 Filiberto to 10L used and several of the better 1940s/50s high values used. (Few 100s) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 606
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SMALL STOCK BOOK with the group of mint & used early issues incl. P. Dues. Better singles noted incl. 1863 vals. to 60c used, 1878 Official optd. 2c on 5L SG 29, without gum and possibly 'cleaned' (£900 as mint), 1879-82 group incl. 10c rose-red SG 32a (£600), 20c orange mint vertical pair, though one with crease SG 33 (£1,100), 25c blue mint SG34a (£950), 30c brown SG 35 (£190) & 50c mauve used. Also 1889 5l red & green mint SG 43 (£43) & 60c mauve used, 1890 overprint trio used SG 44/46 (£110), 1891 various mint values to 25c plus 5L carmine & blue used SG 61 (£250); 1901 25c blue mint SG 67 (£180) & 1906 15c slate mint SG 74 (£95), etc. A range of later mint & used defins. & 'back of book' types to 1920s incl. 2 x 100l P. Due used SG D41 (c.100+) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 607
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STAMP MISCELLANY: Carton of stock-cards etc. with extensive ranges of mint & used stamps c1863-1970, with much useful material noted inc. mint issues from 1860s. Better individual items such as 1910 Plebiscite pair used (SG81/82), 1923 Tercentenary set 'used' SG 129/132 (£400), 1932 Garibaldi high values 'used', 1936 Horace top 3 values 'used' (SG £440), 1949 Occupations set to 200L unmounted mint, 1949 UPU 50L mint (2, one unmounted), 1950 Radio Conf. 55L used (2), etc. Also a few Vatican stamps inc. 1933 Holy Year fine used, 1934 Juridical Congress set mint (SG £275) plus addl. used values, 1934 1L30c surcharge used, etc. A few San Marino issues incl. 1932 Post Office 1L25 blue used. As is often the case, many of of the cancellations on Italy's 1920s/30s issues are faked, including some on the above mentioned sets. (Many 100s). (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 608
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1863 5c Greenish Grey fine unmounted mint with 2011 Colla (Turin) & 2002 Raybaudi (Rome) Certs. SG £2000 and 2L Pale Scarlet unmounted mint with 1991 Diena (Rome) Cert. (2) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 609
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19th CENTURY PRINTED & HAND ILLUSTRATED ENVS., MARITIME MAIL & ACCOUNTANCY MARKS ON ITALIAN STATES COVERS: Diverse range with 1876 small env printed with scene in gold & "AUGURI/E/FELICITAZIONI" [Best wishes & happiness] used to Rome franked 2c Orange-Brown; similar 1878 small blue printed env. but used within Milan with Milan cds on reverse; 1878 small illustrated env (sadly torn with repairs) franked 2c on 0.20 strip of 3; and 1891 pair of envs to Padova franked 20c tied Udine cds's with reverse showing hand illustrated ink and watercolour dogs head or two cats. An attractive group. Maritime group of 8 covers includes 1864 E to France franked 40c tied by "LIVORNO VIA MARE C" cds; 1864/65 EL's to Genoa franked 15c or 20c on 15c each with "VIA/DI MARE" cancel; 1866/69 EL to Marseilles or Nice franked pair 20c or pair 20c on 15c with French "GENES/BAT.A.VAPEUR" cds on front; and 1867/68 E/EL to Genoa franked France pair 20c or 40c tied by "FRANCIA/VIA DI MARE " with additional strike on front. Also, Italian States pair of 1858 unfranked env. to Saxony ex Naples with octagonal "DEUX SICILIES S.E." in Blue and scarce framed rectangular "F.37" h.s. with Paris and Aachen transit d.s. on rear and 1866 unfranked env. to London ex Rome with framed "F.R./3F76c" h.s. on front and rated '1/10'd (double 11d rate) on front. An interesting and valuable assembly. (15 covers) Cross Reference: PICTORIAL ENVELOPES - HAND-DRAWN, PICTORIAL ENVELOPES - PRINTED, JAPAN, MARITIME MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 611
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RANGE with 1890 20c on 30c Brown mint block of four (three units unmounted) (SG £1900+), 1901 20c Orange unmounted mint block of four, plus range of imperf issues inc. 1908/11 5c marginal single & block of four (2 - one marginal), 10c single & marginal block of four - only imperf in top margin, 15c block of four, Redrawn 15c marginal pair. 20c single & block of four (2 - one marginal with horizontal perfs at top and on unwmkd paper), 25c marginal pair & block of four (2 - one with horizontal perforations and unlisted) & 50c marginal single on unwmkd paper and June 1921 set of three in imperf blocks of four, the 40c on unwmkd paper (64) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 612
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1891-1950s MINT GROUP (MAINLY SETS IN BLOCKS): Mint (mostly unmounted) range inc. 1901 umm 10c, 25c Blue & 50c Mauve SG 65, 67 & 70 £1,200+, 1932 umm set of 20 SG 350/E369 £170, 1953 umm Atlantic Pact 60L (block of 15) SG 852 £300 etc. plus 1933 San Marino Zeppelin opts set complete unmounted mint. Generally good to fine (qty) Cross Reference: SAN MARINO, AIR STAMPS (Image)
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Lot No: 613
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ADVERTISING & HOTEL ENVELOPES - LATE 19th & EARLY 20th CENTURY: Range of attractive advertising envs. inc. 1896 env. "Magazzino di Specialita in Articoli da Scrittojo" [writing implements, printing, etc.] regd to Bari franked 2c + 10c underpaid & franked 5c (v.pair) + 60c p.dues tied Bari cds's with fine "RACCOMANDATA" h.s. in purple; 1900 env. (chickens & birds in nest) "LUIGI MOLINAR/TORINO/NEGOZIANTE DI UCCELLI E ANIMALI DA CORTILE" franked 2c Brown (3) tied Torino cds's; 1917 env. (fish, rabbits, pheasants, etc.) franked 15c tied Lecco cds with reseal censor tape at top tied Lecco censor cds in red & fine boxed "SEZIONE C. M. LECCO/VERIFICATO PER SENSURA (7)" h.s. in red, etc. An attractive group. (8 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 614
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WWI (MOSTLY) & WWII GROUP OF ITALIAN MILITARY, CENSORED MAIL, ETC. WITH MUCH BALKAN INTEREST: Range inc. 1916 unfranked env to Censure Office of IEF in France endorsed 'F.M.' in ms with censor tape at left tied purple censor cachet "144" & with five strikes (3 front & 2 back) of "VERIFICATO PER SENSURA/No. 3" cachet all in purple; 1918 PPC (Company Workshops Suez Canal) franked Egypt 5m tied Port-Said cds with military cachet alongside; 1919 10c p.stat card ex Albania to Montecielo cancelled large "R. TORPEDINIERA AIRONE" in purple, etc. Range of cards & covers from forces in the Balkans War inc. fine & scarce 1917 illustrated PC to Italy with "MACEDONIA/1916-1917" "LIBERATRICI/STAN SALDE/LE SPADE/D' ITALIA" & "CORPO DI SPEDIZIONE/35 DIVISIONE" franked 10c tied "POSTA MILITARE/117" cds; 1917 unfranked env ex Salonica to Milan with fine "UFFICIO POSTALI MILITARE/35 DIVISNE." cds & "9" charge mark with 20c p.due on rear; 1919 trio of PPCs (2) franked 10c & unfranked military PC each cancelled "POSTA MILITARE/117" cds and sent from field hospitals, etc. Also WWII group inc. 1941 env franked 1929 50c tied two strikes Sasseno Isola cds with fine boxed "VERIFICATO/PER SENSURA" cachet & circular "2" cachets in black; 1943 military concession blue on green p.stat card ex Russia (v. scarce origin) to Naples with "POSTA MILITARE/N.147" in black; 1943 unfranked air mail env to Italian POW in camp 304 with fine "P/W MIDDLE/EAST 293" & "P.O.W. CHIEF POSTAL CENTRE M.E./EGYPT" h.s. both in red & censor reseal tape at rear, etc. (c.44 cards/covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY, MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, EGYPT (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 615
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Mint Airmail Group with 1917/45 specific airmail issues near complete inc. May 1930 triptych (14 - 7 of each denomination inc. matched strips for pilots 'NANN' and 'NAPO' and 2 x blocks of three of each denomination), 1934 official opt (in Gold) on 10l (SG £900) and others to 1945. Mostly v.fine. Valuable group. SG c£4600 (c100) Cross Reference: AIR STAMPS (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 616
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1934 Football World Cup set of 9 unmounted mint to 10L+5L. SG 413/421 cat. £275 (9) Cross Reference: FOOTBALL (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 617
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ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC ISSUES: 1st G.N.T opts mint set 5c to 50L with G.N.R. opts. Some heavily mounted values but generally fine appearance and a fine mint example of 10l Carmine-Red Air opt "G.N.R." with G. Bolaffi (Rome) ms signature & expertiser mark to the rear. SG 27a/40 £3650. Latter with RPSL Cert. (2014) (21) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 618
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1940s-50s MINT RANGE IN BLOCKS, ETC.: The largely um mint range of blocks & singles on stock book pages inc. 1948 Revolution Centenary 50l & 100l marginal blocks of four SG 716/7 £800 & £1,000 respectively, 1948 Express Letter 35l upper marginal block of four SG E718 £800 as singles, 1951 Verdi 60l block of twenty-five SG 805 £2,000 as singles, etc. A fine group with very high cat. value (c300) (Image)
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Sale No: 835
Lot No: 619
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1961 MINT 205l IN ROSE (STAMP DESIGN ERROR ): The original 1961 'Visit of President Gronchi to South America' 205l issued in Rose but withdrawn due to error in map of Peru. Fine umm example of this scarce stamp SG 1055 var £2000. Sorani Cert (2015) Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)
